Pickle Room Plans Chinese New Year Celebration

The Pickle Room is the newest vintage cocktail lounge on the scene in downtown Santa Barbara and it’s getting ready for a sentimental journey into the past with an exhibition of paintings done by local artists using the landmark Chinese restaurant Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens (1947-2006) as the subject. Join us on Friday, January 31, 2014 from 4:30 to 7:30pm for the opening of the exhibit and meet the artists. Exhibit will be up through May 15.

The Pickle Room Opens

Father and son, Bob & Clay Lovejoy have been working for nearly a year on revamping and conserving the legacy of one of Santa Barbara’s classic cocktail lounges which they open officially on Saturday, October 5 christened as the “Pickle Room.”

UCSBs Launch Pad UPDATE

New roads are being built across the theatrical landscape fueled by last year’s LAUNCH PAD Preview Production of Appoggiatura, written by award-winning playwright James Still. After playing 7 preview performances at the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance’ Hatlen Theater under the LAUNCH PAD (LP) banner and directed by Risa Brainin, Still’s evocative play was featured in the Perry- Mansfield New Works Festival in Steamboat Springs, CO in June...

Gallery of Local Heroes and Heroines ~ Saluting the Veteran’s of Santa Barbara County

Saluting all our local veterans in an impressive series of framed tributes. This on-going exhibit features each veteran’s portrait surrounded by their medals and commendations. Funded by the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Museum, a non-profit set up to remember our local Veteran’s who served in any of the conflicts in the 20th Century – From World War I to Iraq & Afghanistan. We will never forget!